Lillian Gish
Acting
Born October 14, 1893 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's seminal Birth of a Nation (1915). Her sound-era film appearances were sporadic, but included memorable roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller Night of the Hunter (1955). She did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s, and closed her career playing, for the first time, opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film The Whales of August. The American Film Institute (AFI) named Gish 17th among the greatest female stars of all time. She was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1971, and in 1984 she received an AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Acting (133)
The Flapper
2021
I Am Not a Racist
2019
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
Night Hunter
2011
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
Early Directors on Directing
2009
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988
The Whales of August
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Sweet Liberty
1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Lillian Gish
1984
Hobson's Choice
1983
Hambone and Hillie
1983
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Thin Ice
1981
A Wedding
1978
Twin Detectives
1976
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
Langlois
1970
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
The Comedians
1967
The Comedians in Africa
1967
Warning Shot
1967
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963
The Great Chase
1962
The Spiral Staircase
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
The Unforgiven
1960
Orders to Kill
1958
Film Fun
1955
The Night of the Hunter
1955
The Cobweb
1955
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
Portrait of Jennie
1948
Duel in the Sun
1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
Top Man
1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
His Double Life
1933
One Romantic Night
1930
The Wind
1928
The Enemy
1927
Annie Laurie
1927
The Scarlet Letter
1927
La Bohème
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Romola
1924
The White Sister
1923
From Farm to Fame
1922
Orphans of the Storm
1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Way Down East
1920
The Greatest Question
1919
True Heart Susie
1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
The Great Love
1918
Hearts of the World
1918
Souls Triumphant
1917
The House Built Upon Sand
1916
The Children Pay
1916
Diane of the Follies
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
An Innocent Magdalene
1916
Sold for Marriage
1916
Daphne and the Pirate
1916
Pathways of Life
1916
The Lily and the Rose
1915
Captain Macklin
1915
Enoch Arden
1915
The Lost House
1915
The Birth of a Nation
1915
His Lesson
1915
The Sisters
1914
The Folly of Anne
1914
The Tear That Burned
1914
Man's Enemy
1914
The Angel of Contention
1914
Lord Chumley
1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
Home, Sweet Home
1914
The Quicksands
1914
The Hunchback
1914
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
Judith of Bethulia
1914
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914
A Duel for Love
1914
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
The Blue or the Gray
1913
Madonna of the Storm
1913
So Runs the Way
1913
A Modest Hero
1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
During the Round-Up
1913
The Mothering Heart
1913
A Timely Interception
1913
Just Gold
1913
The House of Darkness
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
The Left-Handed Man
1913
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
The Little Tease
1913
The Stolen Bride
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
Oil and Water
1913
A Cry for Help
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
The New York Hat
1912
Brutality
1912
The Informer
1912
My Baby
1912
Gold and Glitter
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
The Painted Lady
1912
The One She Loved
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
An Unseen Enemy
1912